The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Address

New York University - Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York
New York
NY 10012
United States

Phone

001 212 998 2630

Email

tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu

Web

http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/

History

The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University form a unique, internationally-known center for scholarly research on Labor and the Left. The primary focus is the complex relationship between trade unionism and progressive politics and how this evolved over time. Archival, print, photograph, film, and oral history collections describe the history of the labor movement and how it related to the broader struggle for economic, social, and political change.

In 1977 the Robert F. Wagner Archives was established as a joint program of the New York City Central Labor Council and the Tamiment Library. The Wagner is the designated repository for the records of the Council's more than 200 member unions. Today the Library has an extraordinary research collection documenting the history of organized labor in New York and the workers who built the City.

Tamiment has one of the finest research collections in the country documenting the history of radical politics: socialism, communism, anarchism, utopian experiments, the cultural left, the New Left, and the struggle for civil rights and civil liberties. It is the repository for the Archives of Irish America, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives, and a growing Asian American labor collection.

Records Management and Collecting Policies

Tamiment's archival collections, manuscripts, oral histories, photographs, films, videotapes, books, serials, and pamphlets document the history of labor, socialism, communism, anarchism, utopian experiments, the New Left, and the post-New Left as well as the social and cultural contexts in which these movements functioned.

Finding Aids, Guides, and Publication

The Tamiment Library created a list of archival collections at the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University. In the list, links are provided to detailed guides (for processed collections) or brief guides or brief descriptions (for many unprocessed collections). For some collections inventories or guides exist but are not yet available in electronic form; copies of these can be obtained from Tamiment staff, as indicated.

The Tamiment Library Research Guides & Tools site will help you identify tools and resources to use the Tamiment Library's collections effectively. The library catalog, collections list, finding aids search, reference books, indexes, and other resources listed here will help you navigate through the library's holdings, find background information, and put your topic in context.

Opening Times

Monday - Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday: Closed

Conditions of Access

The Tamiment Library is open to the public. Researchers who are unaffiliated with New York University must present a valid photo ID at the Library Privileges window just inside the front door of Bobst Library to receive a day pass to visit Tamiment on the 10th floor of the building. Once in Tamiment, they must register and show a valid photo ID to use the Library's collections.

Sources

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Copies

Holocaust-era records of the Jewish Labor Committee Child adoption case files

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Holocaust-era records of the Jewish Labor Committee Displaced and refugee card files

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Jewish Labor Committee records

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Papers of Jacob Pat (Fond WAG 127)

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Archival Descriptions

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Jewish Labor Committee Collection Photographs.
- The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
- USA / Tamiment Library Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives / PHOTOS.048
- English
- 12 boxes (ca. 3,2 l.m.).
- Updated 6 years ago
This collection is of great interest for this guide. It contains photographs on aid, cultural activities, the children adoptation program etc. provided by the Jewish Labor Committee in the immediate postwar years. In “Subseries B: Holocaust and Jewish Life in Europe under the Nazis” of “Series I” we find photographs and “mixed materials” on Belgium, 1939-1945 (box 1 folder nr. 9). They mostly consist of poor quality copy prints of news service photographs. Box 1, folder nr. 26 of “Subseries C: Postwar Aid Activities” consists of photographs and “mixed materials” regarding “Belgium, Left Poa...
Edward S. Goldstein: Jewish Labor Committee Research Files.
- The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
- USA / Tamiment Library Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives / WAG.232
- English
- 1933-1985
- 6 boxes (ca. 1,6 l.m.).
- Updated 6 years ago
Box 2, folder nr. 60 (“France and Belgium: Children’s Homes and other JLC-Supported institutions”) contains a brief overview concerning children’s institutions supported by the JLC in France and Belgium. The documents date back to 1948.
Jewish Labor Committee Records, Part I: Holocaust Era Files.
- The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
- WAG.025.001
- English
- 1934-1947
- 55 boxes (ca. 16,5 l.m.).
- Updated 6 years ago
In “Series III: Foreign Countries” we find a series of files containing “mixed materials” on Belgium. See box 29, folders 9-15, corresponding to microfilm reels nrs. 77 and 78. The files are dated ca. 1940-1947. “Subseries V:C: Addendum” also holds a file on Belgium (1946) – see box 53B, folder nr. 6 (microfilm reel 167).
Jewish Labor Committee Records, Part II: Holocaust Era Files.
- The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
- WAG.025.002
- English
- 1948-1956
- 150 boxes (ca. 45 l.m.).
- Updated 6 years ago
In “Series III: Foreign Countries” of this fonds, we find several files containing “mixed materials” on Belgium, for the period 1948-1956. See box 80, folders nrs. 25-32 and box 81, folders nrs. 1-2. These numbers correspond with microfilm reels nrs. 237-238. In “Subseries IV:C: Child Adoption Program: Correspondence files” of “Series IV: Immigration, Resettlement and Refugee Aid” we note the following files: “Belgium: General & Lists” (box 114, folder nr. 29), “Belgium: Mila Alter” (box 114, nrs. 30-31) and “Belgium: Poale Zion” (box 114, nr. 32). These files mostly contain corresponde...
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) Records, Part III: Post-War Administrative Files and Anti-Discrimination Department Files.
- The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
- WAG.025.003
- English
- 1939-1993
- 258 boxes (ca. 77,6 l.m.).
- Updated 6 years ago
The series “General Files”, contains correspondence, flyers, reports, memos, documentation, … on a wide variety of topics, individuals, events, Jewish and other organisations. We point out the following files: “Belgium” (box 122, folders nrs. 40, 41 and 42; for the years 1957-1968), “Child Adoption Program: Belgium” (box 124, nrs. 35-37; years 1956-1964), “Child Adoption Program: Belgium – Lists” (box 124, nrs. 38-39; years 1957-1964), “Reparations: Belgium” (box 160, nr. 32; years 1961-1962) and “Soviet Jewry: Brussels Conference” (box 168, nrs. 20-21; years 1971, 1975-1976). The “Series V...
Isaiah Minkoff Papers
- The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
- WAG.086
- English
- 1914-1984
- 12.0 linear feet (12 boxes)
- Updated 10 years ago

The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Copies

Archival Descriptions

Jewish Labor Committee Collection Photographs.

Edward S. Goldstein: Jewish Labor Committee Research Files.

Jewish Labor Committee Records, Part I: Holocaust Era Files.

Jewish Labor Committee Records, Part II: Holocaust Era Files.

Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) Records, Part III: Post-War Administrative Files and Anti-Discrimination Department Files.

Isaiah Minkoff Papers